Configuring HTTPS Certificates for Nginx
Principles and Benefits of HTTPS
Reasons for Using HTTPS
HTTP lacks security measures:
Data can be intercepted and read by third parties
Content may be altered or hijacked during transmission
How HTTPS Works
HTTPS secures data through encryption and authentication:
Symmetric encrypsion uses identical keys for encryption and decryption
Asymme ...
Posted on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:39:30 +0000 by chrisleon
Enabling HTTP/2 Support in Spring Boot Applications
Although HTTP/3 has been standardized as of June 2022, many projects still do not adopt HTTPS, which is concerning.
The official release of HTTP/3 was announced on June 6, 2022, by the IETF QUIC and HTTP working group. For more details, refer to this article.
On June 6, 2022, Robin Mark, a member of the IETF QUIC and HTTP working group, announc ...
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:19:58 +0000 by mattison
Setting Up Free HTTPS Certificates with Let's Encrypt
Let's Encrypt provides a free, automated, and open certificate authority service operated by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), a California-based nonprofit organization. The project is backed by major companies including Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Google Chrome, and has grown rapidly since its launch. ...
Posted on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:23:51 +0000 by christine75
Provisioning Kubernetes User Certificates and RBAC Permissions with CFSSL
Store the cluster CA materials in a working directory:
mkdir -p /root/pki/
cp /opt/kubernetes/ssl/ca-key.pem /root/pki/
cp /opt/kubernetes/ssl/ca.pem /root/pki/
cp /root/k8s/cert/k8s/ca-config.json /root/pki/
The ca-config.json profile defines permitted key usages and an expiration window:
{
"signing": {
"default&quo ...
Posted on Mon, 18 May 2026 08:40:12 +0000 by englishtom